Add support for creating terminals via GET

notebook/terminal/__init__.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if not check_version(terminado.__version__, '0.8.3'):
 from ipython_genutils.py3compat import which
 from notebook.utils import url_path_join as ujoin
 from .terminalmanager import TerminalManager
-from .handlers import TerminalHandler, TermSocket
+from .handlers import TerminalHandler, TermSocket, NewTerminalHandler
 from . import api_handlers
 
 
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def initialize(nb_app):
         (ujoin(base_url, r"/terminals/(\w+)"), TerminalHandler),
         (ujoin(base_url, r"/terminals/websocket/(\w+)"), TermSocket,
              {'term_manager': terminal_manager}),
+        (ujoin(base_url, r"/terminals/new/(\w+)"), NewTerminalHandler),
         (ujoin(base_url, r"/api/terminals"), api_handlers.TerminalRootHandler),
         (ujoin(base_url, r"/api/terminals/(\w+)"), api_handlers.TerminalHandler),
     ]

notebook/terminal/handlers.py

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ class TerminalHandler(IPythonHandler):
                    ws_path="terminals/websocket/%s" % term_name))
 
 
+class NewTerminalHandler(IPythonHandler):
+    """Render the terminal interface."""
+    @web.authenticated
+    def get(self, term_name):
+        self.terminal_manager.create_with_name(term_name)
+        new_path = self.request.path.replace("new/{}".format(term_name), term_name)
+        self.redirect(new_path)
+
+
 class TermSocket(WebSocketMixin, IPythonHandler, terminado.TermSocket):
 
     def origin_check(self):

notebook/terminal/terminalmanager.py

@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ class TerminalManager(LoggingConfigurable, NamedTermManager):
     def create(self):
         """Create a new terminal."""
         name, term = self.new_named_terminal()
+        return self._finish_create(name, term)
+
+    def create_with_name(self, name):
+        """Create a new terminal."""
+        if name in self.terminals:
+            raise web.HTTPError(409, "A terminal with name '{}' already exists.".format(name))
+        term = self.get_terminal(name)
+        return self._finish_create(name, term)
+
+    def _finish_create(self, name, term):
         # Monkey-patch last-activity, similar to kernels.  Should we need
         # more functionality per terminal, we can look into possible sub-
         # classing or containment then.

notebook/terminal/tests/test_terminals_api.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class TerminalAPITest(NotebookTestBase):
             self.term_api.shutdown(k['name'])
 
     def test_no_terminals(self):
-        # Make sure there are no terminals running at the start
+        # Make sure there are no terminals are running at the start
         terminals = self.term_api.list().json()
         self.assertEqual(terminals, [])
 
@@ -65,6 +65,27 @@ class TerminalAPITest(NotebookTestBase):
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
         self.assertIsInstance(term1, dict)
 
+    def test_create_terminal_via_get(self):
+        # Test creation of terminal via GET against terminals/new/<name>
+        r = self.term_api._req('GET', 'terminals/new/foo')
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
+
+        r = self.term_api.get('foo')
+        foo_term = r.json()
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIsInstance(foo_term, dict)
+        self.assertEqual(foo_term['name'], 'foo')
+
+        with assert_http_error(409):
+            self.term_api._req('GET', 'terminals/new/foo')
+
+        r = self.term_api.shutdown('foo')
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 204)
+
+        # Make sure there are no terminals are running
+        terminals = self.term_api.list().json()
+        self.assertEqual(terminals, [])
+
     def test_terminal_root_handler(self):
         # POST request
         r = self.term_api.start()